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Boxing Quotes by Muhammad Ali

99 Boxing quotes by Muhammad Ali

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Muhammad Ali boasts about being fast, smart, and even pretty, turning his confidence into a trademark. He admits he once said harsh words in the heat of the moment and later apologized, showing a softer side behind the bravado. He also describes boxing as the path that helped him succeed in life.

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That's okay, I'm still the Greatest.

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I shook up the world.

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He's too ugly to be the champ!

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When my title was taken away boxing died.

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The show was bad, but I was great

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Float like butterfly, Sting like a bee!

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The will must be stronger than the skill.

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Some gems for the greatest of them all

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I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.

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I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

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Eat your words! Eat your words! I am the greatest.

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Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

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I don't always know what I'm talking about, but I know I'm right.

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His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see.

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I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked!

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I only read the Holy Koran, the Bible and the sports pages

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You can go to Japan, China, all the European, African, Arab, and South American countries, and man, they know me. I can't…

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Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up.

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I wanted to keep these trunks as a souvenir." "Now look at them." "They were splattered with blood.

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I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set…

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“If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you.”

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People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my…

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When you come to the fight Don't block the halls and don't block the door, for y'all may go home after round…

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If the boxers are a little more colorful, talk a little like I did and just do half as much as I…

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If you wonder what the difference between them and me is, I'll break the news: you never heard of them. Most of…

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Boxing is just to introduce me to the struggle. Like, when I speak I draw people in the States to teach them…

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The word had spread and people were piling around us. But then very suddenly, Sonny Liston froze me with that look of…

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What's really hurting me, the name Islam is involved, and Muslim is involved and causing trouble and starting hate and violence. ...…

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That man was beautiful. Timing, speed, reflexes, rhythm, his body, everything was beautiful. And to me, still, I would say pound for…

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I didn't run with a gang - I didn't have time. There were a few little street gangs sitting in the spotlights…

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The outgoing and spontaneous person that the world knew while I was boxing was a persona that I created to sell tickets…

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Boxing is a stepping stone just to introduce me to the audience. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was…

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I knew I had him in the first round. Almighty God was with me. I want everyone to bear witness, I am…

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On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair…

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When I was a kid I got mad enough to want to kill somebody but as you travel the world and I'm…

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I would like to say boxing cannot compared with war. We have gloves on, we have cushions, we have referees, we have…

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I strongly object to the fact that so many newspapers have given the American public and the world the impression that I…

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That computer was made in Alabama

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I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.

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Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't!

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There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

There ain't no such thing as black Muslims. That's how they tried to cut off all my brothers in the rest of the world…

I've never let anyone talk me into not believing in myself

I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty.

I don't count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. That is when I start counting, because then it really counts.…

I said a lot of things in the heat of the moment that I shouldn't have said. Called him names I shouldn't have called…

Many people are quick to say that we are not recognized by Muslims in the East . And I start with the Honorable Elijah…

I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my…

Money and riches don't mean nothing to me. I don't care nothing about being no rich individual. I'm not living for glory or for…

Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer

My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.

We followed the Honorable Elijah Mohammed, who is the boss. And we don't waste a lot of time arguin' about a dead black man,…

I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.

If some black man go out and start something, a riot or something or, I'm not going to jump in it and get killed…

If you want to be equal with me, you can get your own Rolls-Royce, your own house and your own million dollars.